The Dream Team no more and King Arthur

With the olympics on, everytime I turn on the telly there is some sport going on. It's pretty entertaining watching these athletes do their best to fulfill their dream of getting an Olympic gold. Yesterday there was some basketball between the USA (aka The Dream Team) and Puerto Rico. 11 out of the 12 USA players are from the NBA and the squad includes the likes of Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, and LeBron James. These multimillionares are considered among the best in the world, playing in the best league in the world. On the other side, Puero Rico is just a poor team. Some of them have NBA experience but that's only a couple of players and even them were basically NBA rejects. None of them are multimillionares and in comparison to the Americans, well these Puerto Ricans are just poor.

So Puerto Rico duly beat USA 92-73. It's not just a defeat for the bling-bling multimillionares, it's a humiliation. But it just shows that The Dream Team was only a real Dream Team in 1992 when it had the likes of Jordan, Bird, Magic Johnson, etc. Nowadays, the USA basketball team is a mere mortal. It can lose, it has lost and it will lose again.

I watched King Arthur last night. I knew bits and pieces about the legend of King Arthur and his Knights. What I didn't know is that in Britain there are high snowy mountains. Or that Lancelot looks a lot like Kirk Hammet. Or that Arthur took the sword from his dad's grave (didn't he take it from a stone or something?). Or that Guinevere didn't have anything with Lancelot (weren't they lovers before Arthur took her as Queen?). Or that the Knights came from Sarmatia (this is probably true). Or that the Woads lived deep inside the forests just like some ancient tribe. But what I do know is that Keira Knightley is hot!

Another thing: Absinthe is a nice drink. It's makes you high not drunk. Too bad it's illegal so it's hard to come by...

"You are my best friend here at this party"